johns1234
10-07-2004, 12:42 PM
Has anybody tried this? I know it looks obvious, but I've just walked past it
every time because what I do works. At tower #3 ... after sniping the Merc
camp across the valley, I go up to the top of a cliff and get ammo. Up there
is a morter .. basically worthless, because I usually lay down and snipe
the Mercs over by the tower .. easy. Just for fun, has anybody tried
using that morter on the Boat itself? The Boat is just over the cliffs, so
the morter should be able to reach it if you know where to fire. Also,
there is a gunboat at the dock below. Has anyone tried to rocket the
Boat with that gunboat? Looks like it might be an easy solution to the
chopper too, esp if he were to fly over towards that morter. I also wonder
if doing any of this would louse up the cutscene ... picking up Jack
by the water. Also, there is another similar situation in the PIER level.
When I get across the river and up past the machine gun nest, there is
a sniper tower at the top of a cliff above the 1st Merc camp. I have found
that I can lay on the cliff, and pretty much snipe the entire Merc camp
including the Mercs in the trees below the cliff. Bad news for the chopper
too. But still, when I finally go down to the Merc camp, it is still full
of Mercs by the machine gun .. even if I have rocketed the machine gun
from the cliff, and blown it to pieces .. cans all over the place. No cutscene
there, but it is kind of goofey to go down and find that all is well
with the Mercs, and they are standing around smoking cigarettes :-)
Finally, in the DAM level, I discovered that I can get the Fat Boys
and Jumpers from the chopper machine gun .... then, if I go across the
water and get the Fat Boy up there fighting, I can go back to the chopper
and just nuke the place with the machine gun including the Mercs and
Jumpers on top of the fort. I don't lure the Fat Boy back, I just get
him firing rockets up at the fort ... and machine gun him by firing
at the bottom of his rocket trails. Got him too. Went all the way through
the DAM level in about 20 minutes. I think I could cut that to 15 or
less if I could stop wrecking the jeep after I jump both lava streams.
every time because what I do works. At tower #3 ... after sniping the Merc
camp across the valley, I go up to the top of a cliff and get ammo. Up there
is a morter .. basically worthless, because I usually lay down and snipe
the Mercs over by the tower .. easy. Just for fun, has anybody tried
using that morter on the Boat itself? The Boat is just over the cliffs, so
the morter should be able to reach it if you know where to fire. Also,
there is a gunboat at the dock below. Has anyone tried to rocket the
Boat with that gunboat? Looks like it might be an easy solution to the
chopper too, esp if he were to fly over towards that morter. I also wonder
if doing any of this would louse up the cutscene ... picking up Jack
by the water. Also, there is another similar situation in the PIER level.
When I get across the river and up past the machine gun nest, there is
a sniper tower at the top of a cliff above the 1st Merc camp. I have found
that I can lay on the cliff, and pretty much snipe the entire Merc camp
including the Mercs in the trees below the cliff. Bad news for the chopper
too. But still, when I finally go down to the Merc camp, it is still full
of Mercs by the machine gun .. even if I have rocketed the machine gun
from the cliff, and blown it to pieces .. cans all over the place. No cutscene
there, but it is kind of goofey to go down and find that all is well
with the Mercs, and they are standing around smoking cigarettes :-)
Finally, in the DAM level, I discovered that I can get the Fat Boys
and Jumpers from the chopper machine gun .... then, if I go across the
water and get the Fat Boy up there fighting, I can go back to the chopper
and just nuke the place with the machine gun including the Mercs and
Jumpers on top of the fort. I don't lure the Fat Boy back, I just get
him firing rockets up at the fort ... and machine gun him by firing
at the bottom of his rocket trails. Got him too. Went all the way through
the DAM level in about 20 minutes. I think I could cut that to 15 or
less if I could stop wrecking the jeep after I jump both lava streams.